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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-04-06

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Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
New Cad .ts Riding at West Point.

Mounting the stairs to the gallery, we look down upon large space strcwn with tanbark, at one end of which is row of some twenty horses with water ing bridlcs. Soon the performers file in and come to halt in front of the horses. Do they intend to ride only with the watering bridle, without even saddle or blanket2 They will try to, at all events. The instructor commands:
 Stand 1gto horse! Prepare to mount. Mount" ss
 In obedience to his command the ca dets springs struggle, leap, and kick in their enddavors to bestride their steeds. The moment they are mounted several horses develop astonishing bucking pro pensities, to the anguish of their riders and the~delight of the gallery. Now they start around the hall at a walk.
 It seems rather tame, doesn't it2 But soon the command "trot" is given, and the fun begins. Thepoor fellows bounce about on the horses backs like India rubber boys, and wabble from side to side like jumping jacks. The trot is accelerat- ed, the horses take the gallop, and dash around the hall, tumbling their riders in heaps at the corners, while those who by chance arc still mounted grasp frantical- ly at their horses names. Finally, the gait is reduced to walk; line is formed !; the dismounted yearlings, nothing daunt- ed, catch thefr horses and remount, and then the performance is repeated. [St. Nicholas.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
A Fight i'm a Belr Pit,

By fight which occurred recently among the bears in the pit at the Zoo. logical Garden, one of the number, Bessie, black cub presented to the gar den by parties who had captured it in the mountains of Western Pennsylvania a year ago, was so badly injured that she died before her antagonist could be driven off. She had been recently placed in the pit, in which were two black bears, a Russian bear and grizzly. How the fight began it is not known, but when Keeper Harrison was called to the scene Bessie was getting the worst of the fight. The keeper seized a heavy iron scraper and cndcavored to beat off Bessie's assailants, when he was attacked by Danger, the grizzly, and would prob ably have been killed had it not been for the prompt arrival of Head Keeper Byrnc and Keepers Ford, Shannon and Murphy, who, armed with stout clubs, entered the pit and beat the animaisinto submission. The fight of the bears and rescue of Harrison was witnessed by several visitors to the garden, who de- scribed the scene as thrilling. Harrison had his clothes torn into shrcds and his flesh lacerated by tho claws of the beasts. -[Philadelphia Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Poisonous Baby Carriages.

Poisonous Perambulators," says the British Medical Journal, ''are prob ably one of the least suspected of dan gers, yet, nevertheless, one which expe- rience has shown to exist, and, therefore, one against which the parents of fam fly would do we'll to be on their guard. A case is recorded this week of child, aged four months, who, on its return after being out under a hot sun, was seized with sickness and vomiting, the vomited matter being green colored fluid. From inquiries made by the med ical man it was elicited that the child had been seen to suck green strap of the perambulator, and the true cause of the mischief was at once suspected, namely, arsenic poisoning. An analytical exami- nation of the strap confirmed this view, arsenic being found to be present in great abundance. In spite of all that medical aid could effect, the child gradually sank from exhaustion
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Church Going In Old Kentucky.

The church, bare white building, with green shutters, stood just off the road, surrounded by well-trodden grass plot. On one side was row of hitching posts, with rude troughs for corn; also large shed for shelter in case of rain. About these points the farmers grouped, discussing crops and neighborhood news, comparing, and oc- casionally, it must be confessed, trading horses; while the women exchanged whispered condolences and young people firtatious greetings. It was no uncom- mon thing to see belle dismount with that fearlessness and consequent grace in horsemanship which seems to be a birth right with most Kentucky women, and then, stepping out of an alpaca riding skirt, appear miraculously in all the crisp freshness of white draperies and blue ribbons. Such an arrival caused Nrliutc ter of excitement, which was only all layed, or turned into another channel, when some young fellow dashed up on local celebrity in horsefesh. The so- cial features of meeting continued un- til the minister came in sight, ambling along on his well-known mare, whose sides, as he rode, he continually kicked, more from force of habit than from any hope of quickening its conservative pace. Behind him came his worthy helpmatc, with a delegation of their offsprings; the lady seated well forward in the buggy, her arms extended at full length, holding the reins very far apart, and Tapping them up and down on the horses back after the manner of her sex. The min ister led the way into the church, and preached a good, old fashioned, drowsy sermon; after which everybody started for home, with that cheerful alacrity born of a duty fulfilled and pleasure in prospect in the way of a good dinner.- Atlantic.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Gambling in Mexico.

A short distance from the church booths are erected, from which proceeds the music of harps and guitars. In them the visitors to Guadalupe may gratify any fondness they may have for the great national gambling. The strange, harsh cries of those who have charge of the games, as they call out the details of stakes to be offered and the result of each deal and play, are posi- lively repulsive. The group of players in each booth comprises men, women, and even children, of every class, in about the proportion in which the several classes exist in the country
 There are small stakes and large ones, and the variety of games by which the appeal to chance is made seems endless. The players chat and laugh as they play, and though they watch the games very closely, and, if their money lasts, play sometimes all night long, there is none of that feverish or excited look about them which is noticeable in the faces of gamblers elsewhere It is evident that the Mexicans gamble entirely for the sport there is in gambling. They win or lose with the same happy look, the same gay laugh. American Magazine
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Flies Walk Up.

q have only known of one instance where badness proved remunerative, said an old gentleman to St. Louis Globe writer. "A friend of mine, who had a shining pate, fell into the habit watching the actions of his tormentors, the flies. He noticed that a fly always walks up ward. Put fly on window, and up he goes toward the top; he can't be made to walk downward. So my friend hit upon an idea. Why not use that habit against them? Forthwith he made a window screen, divided in half The upper half lapped over the lower, with an inch of space between. We'll, as soon as fly would light on the screen he would proceed to travel upward, and would thus walk straight outdoors. On reaching the top of the lower half he would be outside. Not being able to walk down, he had no way to return to the room By this means room can be quickly cleared of flies, which always seek the light. My friend has got out a patent, and proposes to begin sys- tematic war against the household pest. :"
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
MnYne Two Trees.

There are two trees in the grounds at Vineland which were brought from the country seat of Miss Wolfe's fathers up on the Hudson.
 'sCan it be done2" she asked of the landscape gardener who had undertaken to make her domains what they ought to be in the matter of trees and shrubs. She referred to the transplanting.
 The landscape gardener was aston ished. r- "Pray, madam" said he hesitatingly, ;s'have you considered the enormous ex- pense of carrying out such whim? Il would cost at least"
 His questioner broke in impatiently ,s'That has nothing to do with it, she said. ssI did not ask you what it would cost, but if it could be done. repeat, is it possible?"
 "Yes," answered the landscape-mak- CT, sit is possible"
 S'Do it then," ordered the lady, ''and let the expense be what it may. l want those trees in Newport"
 And the trees came to Newport. They were taken up carefully, laid upon canal. boats carried down the Hudson and along the Sound, making the entire journey by water. What must have been the astonishment of the sailors who saw the remarkable spectacle of what looked like forest moving on the sur. face of the deep, Dame Gossip saith not But the operation was successful. Tho much-traveled trees are flourishing with great vigor in Rhode Island soil, and never seemed bit the worse for theil long and remarkable journey, which cost about $15OO.-[New York Letter.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Evil often triumphs but never con- quers.
 A sorrowing saint is better than a singing sinner.
 Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.
 A man without self-restraint is like barrel without hoops and tumbles to pieces.
 Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too conf dent security. '-a. , Whoever makes home seem the young dearer and moro happy is pub lie benefactor.
 He, who is most slow in making a promise, is the most faithful in the per formance of it.
 The greatest event in a hens life is made up of an egg and cacklc. But eagles never cackle.
 He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass him. self; for every man has need to be for given.
 Good temper, like sunny day.. sheds brightness over everything. It is the sweetener of toll and the soother of disquietude.
 True love is better than glory; and a tranquil freside, with the woman of your heart seated by it, the greatest good the gods can send.
 The essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from soiled flower.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Fancy Soaps.

''Experience is necessary in the pur chase of fancy soaps," remarked a dealer the other day. "You are not always sure that you are getting the worth of your money. A good toilet article should not contain moro than from 9 to IS per cent. of water. The unscrupu- lous manufacturer increases the amount of water in various ways. In some in- stances he forces water into the soap as it hardens after the boiling it undergoes; in other cases he mixes the water by mechanical means into the soap; in third and equally large class of cases he introduces some powerful chemical, such as Glaubers salts, which enables hin, O introduce as much as 70 per cent. of water. It is obvious, therefore, that ten pounds of honest toilet soap would con- tain pounds if thoroughly dried, and that 10 pounds treated chemically would contain less than three pounds. Nor Is the wrong confined to selling three pounds for nine to the innocent pur- chaser. The spurious soap is affected by water five times as much as the genuine. In the wash bowl or the bath tub it dis solves visibly before the eye. Where its honestly made rival can be used fifty times, it only lasts ten. If left by ac- cident in the water it dissolves until the surrounding liquid is thick suds. There are soaps of this sort in the market which are advertised as frst-class and sold at high prices. Have an eye on the man who calls on you and prctends to give you bargains by letting on it is the last of the lot, and tempts you with quick falling scale of prices. The per Hume is there, and the showy wrapper, but it's 60 per cent. water, instesd of honest sosp. hil.ds flrIl NJ s5 N; N;
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Where Education Tclll

"People make a great mlstake in de- string their boys to enter whatsare called the learned professions, said one man to another in the lobby of a theatre between the acts 'sNow, my boy will graduate from the high school in a few weeks and intend to apprentice him to an acquaintance of mine who owns a mill up town. Some of those loom boss es and foremen around factories make splendid wages, far more than the aver age professional man earns People think that when a boy has been we'll schooled he should not be put in such a place as mill, but tell you its the place for education to tell, as the competition there is not so great in that respect. "- Philadelphia Call.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20

Shortly after Bayles w. Hanna's ar- rival as United States minister at Buenos Ayres the president was to be installed. The troops were drawn up in long columns, and the distinguished citizens and diplomats were at the Congress hall or palace to welcome the incoming chief magistrate. Just as the president was entering the palace to deliver his in- augural address an ex-officer of the army belonging to an opposing political party, and as the chief of a conspiracy, rushed upon the unsuspecting ruler-elect and gave him terrific blow and cut on the head. MT. Hanna was one of the. first to reach the side of the president and rescue him from further violence and death at the hands of the desperate as- sassin. The president was bathed and in an hour or two read his address to the assemblage with his head heavily bandaged. He has since had splendid oil painting executed, depicting the tragic scene, and the Indiana statesman is in the foreground of the group gathered about him.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
Dc;pera.e Fight.

"Our regiment did a good deal of fighting during the war;" says B. P. Critchell in the Cincinnati Times-Star. "About the hottest fight we ever got into was on Mission Ridge. We were close enough to the -Confeds to shake hands with them, and they fought like fiends incarnate. We were too close to each other to reload our guns, and the boys were using their weapons for clubs. There was tall, raw-boned Johnny gunner, who was fighting like the very Old Nick himself. He was laying about shim with a heavy gun swab, and he seemed to me to be the biggest man l ever laid eyes on. A half-dozen of our boys went. at him, but he stood his ground. "A hav eyoIvef, all the cartridges dis chsfgta, was thrown at him. It struck him full in the face with force sufficient to knock out bull, but he only shook his head and went to work again. threw up my Sergeant Majors sword and cracked away at the swab, and I'd almost be willing to bet the pieces of my blade are flying around there yet. It shattered it clear to the hilt. The big Confed wouldn't yield an inch, and finally one of our boys, Cincinnatian named Boyd, who died here few years ago, caught him off his guard and rammed a bayonet clear through him with such force that the barrel, too, passed out of the other side of the big fellows body. We'll sir, that man, mortally wounded, didn't give up, and as he lay there on the bloody turf, with his entraills hanging from the awful hole in his stomach, he grabbed a pistol and winged another boy in blue before he died. That was about the wickedest
 fight ever got into.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20

There arc two ideas worth picking up: In Russia, where binders were not used on horses, shying horse is not known. In Turkey, where dogs are regarded as sacred, never to be whipped or misused, and where the animals fairly swarm in the streets of towns and cities, owned by no one, and obtaining their food by scav- enger service which necessity imposes, the fearful disease of rabies is unknown among them. %~ery dog has his day without zling, and by no means a canine beauty or thoroughbred, and often dirty and repulsive, the animal is observ- ant and harmless, and manifests intense affection in response to little batting attention and kindly greeting. - The moral of all this is that good treatment toward dumb beasts as we'll as human beings, however lowly, brings out the better nature of life and makes it sunny and happy.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
A Divers Fight w.th a Shark.

A diver named Quintree had re. markable fight with formidable fish called the boultous, or bondro, kind of shark which infests the Breton coast at Douarnenez, the other day. Quintree had narrow escape. The diver, an old salt, was employed by the govern m!ent, and in pursuit of his daily labo- duly descended in diving apparatus, off the Douarnenez pier for the purpose of laying the foundation of an addition to that structure. While he was at the bottom of the sea the men who were working the air-pump in the pontoon boat above were suddenly frightened by feeling the alarm signal. They instantly pulled up, and brought large boultous, nearly eight feet long, to the surface. The marine monsters head formed three quarters of his length, and his under jaws were of immense size Shortly afterward Quintrce came up, hls hand on the air pipe of his helmet, and his diving apparatus somewhat dam aged. When he went down to his work he had scarcely got to the last rung of the ladder when he saw tho sea monster lying between two huge lna,ps of roeks He had in his hands only lis stone chise1 and hammer, and he intended to go up for crowbar at once, but the fish was too fast for him. It came toward him through the green water with it's jaws wide open. Without losing a moment Quintree managed to wound the animal in the throat with his chisel, and then held it down on stone while he drew his knife and made hole in its body through which he passed rope, and thus sent the fish to the surface. Had it not been for his quickness and dexterity the diver, owing to the rents which the fish would make in his apparatus, would have been drowned, and then devoured. As it happened, it was the boultous that was not only defeated but eaten, for its body was divided among the victor and his con- rades who made capital bouillabaisse of its prime parts. London Telegraph.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
HUMOROUS.

A deaf mute, it is said, is not Q man of his word.
 It is bold man, indeed, who will not dodge boulder.
 The position of judge is an exceed iingly trying one.
 Among the impossibilities may be men, toned an ugly baby. ] Woman may be puzzle, but man is mot willing to give her up. ': The dried co6fish is the only animal that wears its shirt open on the back. z |, A Minneapolis man has invented a dust collector. Jay Gould invented one years ago.
 If you think nobody cares for you in this cold world just try to play the i'd. dlc in populous neighborhood. {.
 A Nevada man who started out to look for grizzly bear, found him in time for dinner-thc bears dinner.
 Senator Stanford's first money was earned digging horse-radish. That sort of thing is apt to make boy smart. The man who determined to rule his family with an iron hand has been over. ruled by his wife with wooden rolling pin.
 This is what a poet writes: "I Know sweet songs cannot sing" Unfortu- nately, however, he keeps right on try ing to sing them.-[Post.
 Is there any rest on earth? plaintively asks an exchange. Well, it must bc admitted that there isn't much-espe- cially in fly and mosquito time. Before marriage the question girl asks her lover most often is: Do you really love mel" After marriage the query becomes: "Is my hat on straight9"
 Over two hundred million cans of vegetables are used by families in this country and the cans thrown away. No l wonder the goats of the country are so l fat
 The boy who was employed to see that the hens were kept away from the garden congratulated himself upon possessing a job that was shoo-er thing.
 "Speaking about the artist who paint ed fruit so naturally that the birds came and pecked at it," said the fat reporter, "I drew hen that was so true to life that after the sage threw it into the waste basket it laid there"
 Emperor William is quoted as saying that it is the one button left unbuttoned which is the ruin of the army. Is Will fam also aware that it is the one button | that is not there which is the ruin of mans temper9
 ''My dear," said wife who had been married three years, as she beamed across the table at her lord and master, 'stcll me what first attracted you to me. | What pleasant characteristic did l possess which placed me above other women in your sight," And her lord and master said, 'I give it up." E WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAID. t A farmers son was Silas Brown, k Whose misdeeds caused his parents pain, And who was known about the town | As one who'd ne'er dowell again; 1 So, when the father through the door His offspring flung with wrathful cry, | The neighbors said, "As oft before, Poor Brown has heaved a heavy Si."
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20

X writer in the Fortnightly Review says: 1.-The population of the Island En- pire is now thirty-seven millions, and its annual public revenue approaches sixteen millions sterling. Its foreign trade Gn- cluding exports and imports) amounts to twelve millions sterling. There are al ready three hundred and thirty miles of railway completed, and lines are being steadily pushed forward so as to open out the entire country. There is an effective army, with peace and war establishments of eighty-two thousand and one hundred and ten thousand, men respectively, thoroughly trained and equipped in European style; and navy of some twenty-five ships of all sizes, including seven ironclads. Both the army and navy are provided with artillery, rifles, etc., of approved modern types. There are complete systems of telegraphs, post offices, police, savings-banks, jails, uni versities, schools and colleges, light houses, meteorological observatories, etc., all on the best European or Ameri- can models. And these immense inno. vations have been accomplished within the short space of fifteen years, and so eco nonically that the whole national debt ainoants to only about one years sG z ss
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
The Strongest Butter.

Gov. Seward used to tell story about Gov. Draper, who was dining one day at the Congress Hall Hotel, where the but ter happened to be particularly ran. k ''Here, John," said Draper to favorite waiter who was standing behind him,
 "John, take this butter away; some peo- pie like their butter stronger than otl ers." John took the plate, held it up to his nose moment with the air of a connoisseur, then put it back again in its place, and observed in firm voice '.Misther Draper, that is the strongest butter in the house. .s'[ [American Grocer.
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20
He Didn't Bic.

"No," said Tompkins, q no longer call on Miss Robinson. You know she's . fine performer on the piano, but l got tired of hearing the same piece every time 1 called.
 'What was the piecc?" asked Tit marsh.
 "Mendelssohn's Wedding March. -[NeW York Sun
Connecticut western news., 1887-07-20

Civilization may be defined in one aspect as the attempt of mankind to turn the curse of nature into blessing and to overcome the seemingly memorable law of the survival of the fittest. But nature itself helps in the work. A writer in the Ploughman holds that the briars, thorns, missiles and weeds are an actual blessing rather than a curse, because they exert 8 powerful influence in dis solving the nutriment contained in the rocks and soil and preparing it for plants of higher and more useful nature.